Mount for bobby pins and method of separating the shanks of bobby pins



Dec. 22, 1942.v A JOSEPHS v 2,305,925

. MOUNT FOR BOBBYA PINS AND METHOD oF SBPARATING THB sHANxs oF BOBBYPINS 'Filed Dec. 10, 1941 INVENTOR.

Abner Jofplw BY 7100?, 5ba/4f w ATTORNEYS Patented Dec. 22, 1942 MOUNTFOR BOBBY PINS AND. METHOD OF SARATING THE SHANK'S 0F BOBYBY AbnerJosephs, Jackson Heights, N. Y., assignm- `to William Finkelstein, NewYpk, N.

Application December 10.,.1941, Serial No. 422,396

3 Claims.

My invention relates to a new and improved mount for bobby pins.

The principal object of my invention is to provide a cheap mount uponwhich bobby pins can be frictionally supported with their shanks spacedor separated from each other, and from which a bobby pin can be readilyremoved, while separating the tips of the shanks of the bobby pin,during the operation of removing the pin.

tom end-portions of the shanks of the bobby pin are separated from eachother below the openings W, by the respective intermediate portion ofthe mount I. The bottom end-portions of the front shanks of the bobbypins are located between the respective portions of the mount I and thesupplemental member 3. The resilient shanksof the bobby pinsfrictionally engage the mount I. I

l Other objects of the'invention are set forth inlO In order Ito removea bobbypin B from the the annexed description andl drawing, whichilmount I, said bobby pin is slid upwardly until the lustrates apreferred embodiment thereof. tipsof the shanks of said bobby pin arelocated Fig. l is a front elevation illustrating the imbetween the top`and bottom edge walls of the reproved holder or mount with the bobbypins 'spective opening W. mounted thereon. In this figure, the bobbypins The bobby pin B is then turned until its axis is are substantiallyin normal closed position, besubstantially horizontal, so that the tipsof the cause their tips are only slightly separated. shanks of the bobbypin are Widely separated Fig. 2 is a sectional view on the line 2-2 offrom each other by the respective intermediate Fig. l. It illustrateshow the bobby pin which is bar 6 of the mount I. The bobby pin can befric- `being removed from the mount is frictionally tionallyretalnedinthis horizontal position which held on a bar or rail of themount, with the is shown in Fig. 2, on the rail or bar 6. Likeshanks ofsaid bobby pin in fully spaced relation. wise, upon removing the bobbypin by sliding the Figs. 3 and 4 are respectively sections on the samehorizontally off the bar 6, the separated lines 3-3 and Il--B of Fig. 1.shanks of the bobby pin can be easily held sepa- The bobby pin ofcommerce is made of resilient rated from each other by the thumb andforemetal, and the tips of the shanks of said bobby linger of the user,so that the tips of the shanks pin are normally resiliently pressedagainst each 0f the bobby pin are w1de1y spaced from each other. 'Ihetips ofthe shanks of such pins must other, when the bobby pm B is nnauywholly rebe Separated fom each other, ln order to insert moved from themount I. It is then unnecessary such pins in curlers, and forl variousother purfurther to separate the tips of the shanks of the POSeSf It 1Sdmcult t0 Separate the tips 0f the bobby pin for insertion into a curleror into the .shanks of the bobby pin, and numerous Yexpensive hanandcomplicated devices have been proposed for 'The improved mount isextremely Simple and this Purposeit can be made at low cost, and thebobby pins According t0 the invention' I provide a 5.1mm@` 35 can bevery easily assembled with said mount. f" card mount I which'is shapedso that the tips of In practicing the improved method, the bobby theshanks of each bobby pin B can be suitably pin is placed on a mount onwhich the bobby pm Separated as part 0f the operation of removmg isfrictionaiiy retained, with the tips of the vthe respective bobby pinfrom the mount. For shanks of the bobby pin preferably slightlyconvenience, the device is described with refer- 40 ence to its verticalposition but said device can separated from each other The shanks of thebobby pin are then substantially parallel to each beheldm any positionother The bobb in is then tuned reiative w The drawing shows a mount Iwhich is proti f this llmt in rd t th vided with a bar 2, sov as toprovide openings W. a po? on o o o .r o Increase e At its lower end, themount I is provided with a Spacmg-between the nps of sam Shanks' and thenap or Supplemental member 3' The ends of the bobby pin is then removedfrom the mount while Supplemental member 3 are connected to the theseparated tips of the shanks are held sepamount I, by means of wirestitches 4 or in any rat-ed from each otherother suitable manner. Thewidth of the bar 6 exceeds the thickness The from and rear faces of themount are thereof. Hence, the spacing between the tips planar andparallel to each other and identical. 0f the Shanks depends upn theinclination of The mount I can be made of cardboard or other the bobbyDin relative to said bar 3. Further suitable rigid material, which ispreferably details are ShOWD in the drawing, which is subsomewhatflexible and resilient. StB-1111151113' t0 Scalel The bobby pins aremounted so that the bot- AS ShOWn 1n F18. 2, the tips oi' the shanksfrictionally grip an imperforate part of the mount I.

When the bobby pin ls in the position shown in Fig. 2, one ofthe shanksof the bobby pin which is being removed, extends through the respectiveopening W. The bobby pin is slidable and tiltable relative to the mountwhen the bobby pin is in the original position of Fig. 1, in order toextend said shank through said opening W, as soon as the bobby pin hasbeen moved relative to the mount, from the position shown in Fig. 1 tothe position shown in Fig. 2. When said shank extends through saidopening W, the shanks abut the edges of bar 6. Said bar 6 isdimensioned, then to separate the tips of said Shanks so that the tipsof said Shanks are separated sufiiciently to enable the bobby pinto beused, without additionally separating said tips. The inventionis notlimited to a device in which the tips of the Shanks abut an imperforatepart of the mount, when the bobby pins are originally assembled on themount in the position shown in Fig, 1, in which the top edge-wall of themount abuts the inner wall of the bobby pin at the bight of the bobbypin.

Each opening W has a substantially straight edge wall 'I which isadjacent and which is substantially parallel to a corresponding andsubstantially straight edgewall of the mount I.

The edge of the mount I which abuts or which is close to the loop-end ofthe bobby pin may be designated as the first edge of said mount I. Saidmount I has a second edge which is opposed to said rst edge, namely, thebottom edge of the mount I in Fig. 2. The opening W is located betweensaid i'lrst edge and said second edge.

I have described a preferred embodiment of my invention, but it is clearthat numerous changes and omissions can be made without departing fromits spirit.

I claim:

1. A mount which has a front face and a rear face, said faces beingsubstantially planar and parallel to each other, said mount having a rstedge and also having a second edge which is opposed to said rst edge,said mount having an opening therein between said iirst edge and saidsecond edge, a bobby pin mounted upon said mount, said mount beinglocated between the Shanks of said bobby pin, said Shanks extending.across said opening, said Shanks abutting and frictionally gripping saidfaces at an imperforate part lof said mount, said imperforate part beinglocated between an edge of said opening and said second edge, said rstedge substantially abutting the inner surface of the loop of said bobbypin, said bobby pin being slidable in the direction of its longitudinalaxis relative to said mount until the tips of said shanks are located insaid opening, said bobby pin being then tiltable relative to parallel tothe longitudinal axis of said bobby` said mount to a position in which.one shank of said bobby pin abuts said first edge and the other shank ofsaid bobby pm then abuts the edge of said opening which is next adjacentto said rst edge and said other shank extends through said opening, thedistance between said rst edge and the respective next-adjacent edge ofsaid opening being greater than the distance between said Shanks whensaid bobby pin is in normal closed position, saidvtilted bobby pin beingthen slidable off said mount in a direction pin in said tilted position.

2. A mount which has a first edge and a second edge which is opposed tosaid rst edge, said mount having an opening therein, which lis locatedbetween said first edge and said second edge, a bobby pin mounted onsaid mount, said mount being located between the shanks of said bobbypin, said shanks extending across said opening, said Shanks frictionallyand re- -leasably gripping said mount between said second ledge and thenext-adjacent edge of said opening, said bobby pin being slidable in thedirection of its longitudinal axis relative to said mount to a positionin which the tips of said Shanks are located in said opening, said bobbypin being then tiltable relative to said mount to a position in which.one of said Shanks abuts said rst edge and the other shank extendsthrough said opening in abutment with the edge of said opening which isnext-adjacent said rst edge, the distance between said rst edge and therespective next-adjacent edge of said opening being greater than thedistance between said shanks ,when said bobby pin is in normal closedposition, said tilted bobby pin being then slidable oif said mount in adirection parallel to the longitudinal axis of said bobby pin in saidtilted position.

3. A device for releasably frictionally holding a bobby pin and forseparating the tips of the shanks of said bobby pin, said device havinga separatingmember and an opening which is directly ad jacent saidseparating-member, said device also having a holding-member which isshaped to enter between said shanks and to be releasably frictionallyengaged by said Shanks, said opening being located between saidseparating-member and said holding-member, "said device beingdimensioned to be located between said shanks with shanks extendingacross said opening and with said holding-member thus l0- cated betweenfand releasably holding said shanks, the width of said separating-memberexceeding the thickness of said holding-member,

said opening being greater than the thickness o! either shank.

ABNER J OSEPHS.

